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Steve Marino
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April 18, 2025 Subject:
Old Time Science Fiction
Great old film. BUT I would love to know why they blipped out a portion of the narrator's story when he described what the object was made of around the
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1:06 mark?
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Laraine_Lynn
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May 26, 2019 Subject:
This film is also available...
... relatively inexpensively in a box set: 50 SciFi Classics Is based on a story by Stanislaw Lem. Per wikipedia (the film): Der Schweigende Stern
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(literally The Silent Star, shown in USA as First Spaceship on Venus, German Democratic Republic – Poland 1960), loosely based on The Astronauts. (Which he wrote in 1951.) Not quite as fun as the MST3K version (20th Anniversary Edition box set)
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Aitchondo
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October 21, 2012 Subject:
first spaceship on venus
technically wrong in almost every way, yet some how fun to watch
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dildrum
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October 20, 2012 Subject:
Original title "The Silent Star"
This is a 1960 East German/Polish film that was dubbed for american audiences. In it's original version there is a Cold War ideological shading to it that
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was expunged for the American release. I remember watching this in a movie theater when i was six or seven and the special effects were mesmerizing at the time... nostalgic/historical interest: 4 stars ... otherwise, just read the Wikipedia article...
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molly32
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February 5, 2012 Subject:
New classic
Never seen this one. Different special effects from American or Japanese made. Not too bad. This would've been great to see on the big screen. *SPOILER
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ALERT* The heroes: the African, the Japanese, the American.
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rclo
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July 22, 2011 Subject:
The Dub Is the Only Flub
I think this movie is notable for the special effects, which were superior for 1960. The actors are credible, as is the technical storyline, given our
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knowledge of Venus in 1960. The moral of the picture (nuclear weapons - bad; space travel - good) intrudes on the action near the end, causing the movie to stumble a bit. The major shortcomings of the movie are the clumsy translation and dubbing. It's clear that the people in charge of that didn't have a good handle on the English language with respect to translation, cadence, timing and inflection. Even with that, it's a pretty good space flick.
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ohsnapiam56
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October 12, 2010 Subject:
Great cheesy movie
SPOILER ALERT!! I own the dvd of this. Very cheesy...great fun. Bad dubbing, bad acting. BUT ahead of its time...multiracial cast (although the black guy
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still gets it in the end)! One of my favorite 'bad movies'. Get a glass of wine and enjoy the cheese.
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skybandit
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July 30, 2010 Subject:
Inspirational
By that I mean it inspired Roddenberry (multiracial international crew playing chess) and Lucas (cute robot as Odious Comic Relief). Right up (or down?)
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there with "Planet of the Vampires" and "12 to the Moon." Not the best print, but quality cheese!
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Blade_Runner
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July 30, 2010 Subject:
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I think it was watched by kids in Communist countries as this is a Communist movie. Still good though. 2 Stars for the copy here. 4 stars for the original
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extended cut only available on dvd.
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Ed Jr
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July 30, 2010 Subject:
Oldies but goodies
This is what the kids in the 50's watched and enjoied. It was kind of fun.
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